Chapter 218: The Third Person in the Dark Room (Part 4)

After the mechanical mouse was disassembled into a pile of parts, it was impossible to tell who made it.

After all, not all machines will have relevant information engraved on their parts.

Ye Xuan returned to Xiao Qin's laboratory and decided not to think about the mechanical mouse for the time being.

This little mouse that appeared out of nowhere is really strange. Either it came at the right time, or it has been lurking for many days.

He felt a little uneasy when he thought that there might be other mechanical animals in the laboratory he was in.

The medicine they made should not harm anyone's interests, right?

Traditional Chinese medicines in this city have never been favored. Most of the drug dealers and pharmaceutical factories have switched to making other medicines and probably do not see them as a threat.

Moreover, there are countless people who want to cooperate with the genius Qin. It would be too blatant to come out and cause trouble at a time like this.

"Senior, after taking this pill, the volunteers said they had mild dizziness symptoms. Is this a reasonable side effect?" Xiao Qin looked at the results in the report and felt something was wrong.

This is not mentioned in ancient prescriptions, and it has never occurred in the prototype Chinese patent medicines.

He has checked the medicinal materials and drug ingredients several times, and the results showed that they were non-toxic and harmless.

Moreover, it has been proven that the drug is indeed effective, otherwise it would not have reached the stage of clinical trials.

That time, it happened after the volunteer tried the drug.

He didn't want the tragedy to happen again.

Yes, although the crisis was successfully resolved and all the patients were cured, he still thought it was a tragedy.

It's not his tragedy, but that of the patients who turned into zombies.

Reports at the time described the insane and ugly behavior of those people when they fell ill, which had a significant impact on them, and many people moved out of the city as a result.

This may not be traced back to him, but he is definitely among the results if the root cause is traced.

He was also ruthless when catching the "zombies".

Ye Xuan recalled the prescription and could almost recite it word for word.

But, it doesn't mention any side effects?

Oh, yes, and that note!

No, that's what the annotation meant, right?

It's strange. If it's just a little dizzy, there's no need to use coded text.

The text researcher said that the time period of the text was different from the time period of the ancient prescription, and there was a gap of several hundred years in between. This kind of unnecessary thing is simply...

Wait, how did that person know what period that ancient prescription was from?

I have never mentioned it at all, and that is a "secret recipe" that only the descendants of traditional Chinese medicine can access.

Well, he finally knew where the problem might lie.

Weird, it turned out to be that person.

There was no choice, so he took Xiao Qin and went to the bungalow again.

It happened that the text researcher was not at home and the door was not locked. Although they looked like they were luring someone into a trap and then catching the turtle in the trap and taking it away, they had already walked in.

There is no other way, I just have confidence in my own abilities.

Ye Xuan then remembered why he felt that there was something wrong with the layout here last time.

From the shoe cabinet in the entrance hall to the bookcase in the study, the locations are not common.

So, there must be a secret compartment or even a dark room here.

With so many mechanisms hidden in his home, it's obvious that he's not an ordinary person.

As expected, Chinese medicine never fails.

The skills acquired over the years from acupuncture, massage, scraping, etc. are also highly efficient and accurate when used in finding mechanisms.

He took out the key to the secret room behind the bookcase from the secret compartment behind the shoe cabinet and walked in with Xiao Qin.

Ye Xuan felt that this was somewhat like exploring a mystery and searching for treasure, but he didn't know what the "treasure" he was looking for was.

"Senior, the smell here is not right," Xiao Qin had a keen "sense of smell" for drugs, and he sensed something unusual before he even stepped into the dark room. "Take a sip of this spray first."

The Chinese doctor had absolute trust in the child, and he inhaled the medicine in the bottle without thinking.

After inhaling it, Ye Xing felt refreshed and invigorated. It was probably made from cooling herbs such as mint and camphor.

Well, the effect is really good!

He even felt that his eyesight had improved. After all, he saw the same type of text as on the ancient prescription at a glance.

"Xiao Qin! Come and look!" He pointed at the words, "These are the words used to annotate the ancient prescriptions!"

It seemed that the text researcher had hidden a lot from him.

The man also said that he didn't know much about this kind of writing. If he really didn't know much about it, why would there be more than a dozen related written records posted in such a secret place in a dark room?

And those are not copybooks, they seem to have content.

But without punctuation marks, he couldn't even understand what they were for.

Although there were no written symbols to punctuate sentences in ancient times, there was a fixed format.

There are a lot of written documents, but you can guess from the format where they are used.

When they were in middle school, the school organized them to go to the museum to see such exhibitions, which were the kind of traveling exhibitions that required admission.

When he thought that this was not something he could watch for free on a normal basis, he remembered more.

Xiao Qin has not conducted any systematic research on characters, but during the course of his scientific research he often consulted ancient and modern materials from home and abroad, and had some understanding of the evolution of some fonts.

He saw that the characters were indeed of the same type as those on the prescription, and after looking at them more often, he was able to deduce which characters a few corresponded to.

"Senior, I can roughly recognize a small part of the words on these papers. Although it may not be accurate, it is better than nothing." He scanned the papers one by one with his mobile phone and left an electronic version.

It is impossible for them to take the information away directly. The fact that they can scan it is a benefit of modern technology to mankind.

Ye Xing was naturally overjoyed to see that Xiao Qin was able to decipher some of the text.

This child is indeed a rare genius!

Even the skill points are so comprehensive!

Just as they were working together to scan the last piece of paper, the owner of the house came back.

The text researcher didn't seem surprised that someone broke into his home, or perhaps the person did it on purpose.

Humph, so what even if those two guys got the information?

In the whole city, no one can understand those words except me!

No, you can’t find one even in the nearest city!

The elderly man, who was over 70 years old, laughed triumphantly three times, but ended up coughing so hard that he almost died.

This was the scene that Ye Xuan saw when he came out of the dark room. He paused for two or three seconds and then stepped back.

What if this guy died of laughter? It would be terrible if he was treated as a suspect at the scene.

It wasn't him who made the other person laugh. I don't know why he laughed. He seemed mentally unstable.

When Xiao Qin saw his senior retreating, he also retreated.

He heard the owner of the house making noises but hadn’t figured out how to respond.

If he took action, he would basically kill the person on the spot.

I'd better stay where I am and wait.

The text researchers feel that they have lost face, so we cannot let them go.

Otherwise, where would I put my old face?

Thinking of this, this person's face became even more ferocious.

The dark room in my house is big enough to trap these two guys.

Moreover, those drugs should have taken effect. After inhaling that dose, the bear would be knocked unconscious!

But the level of clarity of mind of those two people was unimaginable to people outside the darkroom.

This person forgot that his opponent included a genius in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and people with professional habits would never go out empty-handed.

Ye Xuan made a gesture to Xiao Qin to make sure that the other party understood, then he took out a handful of silver needles from the medical box.

Well, Chinese medicine's acupuncture skills are really effective.

He just saw a thin needle flying out without making any sound, hitting the corresponding position of the person standing not far in front of the dark room.

You can't blame him for this. He's in such a good position, and it would be disrespectful to this craft if he didn't do it.

He almost suspected that this person was sent specially for him, otherwise he wouldn't be standing like a target.

None of the dummies used for practicing acupuncture looked as worthy of being pierced as this man. This was probably why he did it without much thought.

There was no point in making any mistakes with these shots, they all hit the double bull's eye zone for full marks!

He recalled seeing his colleagues play a dart game. The best colleague's accuracy was probably not even one-tenth that of a Chinese medicine practitioner.

Humph, this ability needs to be used by someone who knows how to use it, and I happen to be that person!

"Senior, you are awesome!" Xiao Qin praised sincerely.

I don’t know when I will be able to master this acupuncture technique.

His previous "battles" had all been done with fists and feet, the simplest physical skills, without any awareness of weapons, let alone using "hidden weapons" like needles.

But after learning about traditional Chinese medicine, the boy also realized the benefits of flying needles.

If you have this skill, you can avoid some of the injuries that were inevitable in the past.

Although he has made many extremely effective medicines for treating injuries, naturally the best situation is not to get injured.

The text researcher was unable to react after being immobilized.

I wanted to shout, but no sound came out.

It was only at this point that the man panicked.

No, no, it shouldn't be like this!

I have been planning for so long and made so many preparations, how could I be controlled by two guys whose ages combined are not even as old as me!

"Xiao Qin, now that we have the things, let's go." Ye Xuan said this deliberately.

He did not say what was obtained, nor in what form it was taken.

The man watched them walk out of his house, and he didn't know whether the information in the darkroom was still there.

Home robbery!

This is undoubtedly a burglary!

Realizing this, the text researcher struggled hard and wanted to call the police.

But the struggle was just an imagination, the actual situation was that I couldn't move at all.

"Senior, how long can your acupuncture skills hold the opponent in place this time?" Xiao Qin asked the question that had been hidden in his mind just now.

Sometimes the experimental animals don’t cooperate, and he wants to learn a thing or two so that the experiment can go smoothly.

The Chinese doctor calculated: "By the time we get to the research institute, the person will be able to move around freely."

Of course he showed mercy. After all, he was an old man. If he had hit him too hard, he might have died on the spot.

I can't bear this responsibility.